Level: 21
Blinds: 10,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
Level: 21
Blinds: 10,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
Action folded around to Dan Stancer on the button, who pushed all in for around 60,000. Hong Pham isolated from the small blind and the big blind folded. Players flipped their cards.
Dan Stancer: ![]()
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Hong Pham: ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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. Pham paired up on the flop and Stancer was already standing up to leave as the turn fell. The
river brought the runner-runner straight and Stancer doubled up, although he'll still need to be pushing if he's to get his stack up to a playable size.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,700,000
2,125,000
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2,125,000 |
|
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160,000
42,000
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42,000 |
Picking up the action on a flop of ![]()
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, Stancer had just a single big blind behind and Pham had put him all in. Stancer used his remaining time bank cards to delay the outcome, looking to make a pay jump. He eventually called and players turned their cards.
Dan Stancer: ![]()
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Hong Pham: ![]()
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The turn came the
and the river was the
. Pham held up and busted yet another player. Stancer was eliminated in 25th place and, with that, the final three tables were drawn.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,900,000
200,000
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200,000 |
|
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Busted |
| Table | Seat | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 1 | Jack Allen | 350,000 |
| 12 | 2 | Matthew Gray | 950,000 |
| 12 | 3 | Fabio Miranda | 700,000 |
| 12 | 4 | Mitchell Johnson | 400,000 |
| 12 | 5 | James Bott | 720,000 |
| 12 | 6 | Gerald Mcinally | 165,000 |
| 12 | 7 | Alexander Everitt | 650,000 |
| 12 | 8 | Jiaze Li | 1,800,000 |
| 13 | 1 | Michael Howard | 1,050,000 |
| 13 | 2 | Luigi Viscomi | 920,000 |
| 13 | 3 | Jamie O Connor | 650,000 |
| 13 | 4 | Steven Warburton | 1,150,000 |
| 13 | 5 | Paul Hizer | 1,100,000 |
| 13 | 6 | Matthew Eardley | 950,000 |
| 13 | 7 | Nikolai Mamut | 220,000 |
| 13 | 8 | John Adderley | 1,700,000 |
| 14 | 1 | Ravi Sharda | 320,000 |
| 14 | 2 | Ryan Otto | 1,300,000 |
| 14 | 3 | Virgile Turchi | 670,000 |
| 14 | 4 | Charles Miller | 1,500,000 |
| 14 | 5 | Jonathan McCann | 2,700,000 |
| 14 | 6 | Abdullah Alshanti | 400,000 |
| 14 | 7 | Hong Pham | 2,600,000 |
| 14 | 8 | Lee French | 1,700,000 |
James Bott found himself all in against Matthew Gray on a flop of ![]()
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. Players flipped over their cards.
James Bott: ![]()
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Matthew Gray: ![]()
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The turn came the
and the river was the
. Both players had paired up their kings, but Gray's ace high kicker won him the pot. Bott was eliminated in 23rd place for £3,500.
Immediately after the redraw, Virgile Turchi also busted. He was out in 24th place, also taking away £3,500.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,050,000
745,000
|
745,000 |
|
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Level: 22
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
Luigi Viscomi raised from the cutoff and Steven Warburton reraised to 200,000 from the button. Viscomi made the call.
The flop came ![]()
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. Viscomi checked and Warburton bet 65,000, which Viscomi called.
The turn came
and Viscomi shoved all in. Warburton quickly made the call and players showed their cards.
Luigi Viscomi: ![]()
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Steven Warburton: ![]()
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Viscomi had a pair of queens and Warburton had a pair of aces. The river came the
. No help for Viscomi, and Warburton scooped the pot. Viscomi was eliminated in 21st place for £3,500.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,200,000
2,080,000
|
2,080,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Jiaze Li raised from the cutoff and Matthew Gray reraised to 175,000 from the button. Li four-bet to 450,000 and Gray moved all in for around 1.4 million. Li made the call and players flipped their cards for a race that was about to give one player multiple millions of chips.
Matthew Gray: ![]()
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Jiaze Li: ![]()
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The board came ![]()
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. It was the ultimate late-game cooler and Li was on the wrong end of it. Gray's aces held up and he scooped the pot, bringing his chip count up to around 3.1 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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3,100,000
2,050,000
|
2,050,000 |
|
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250,000
1,050,000
|
1,050,000 |
Ravi Sharda moved all in for around 400,000 chips and got called by Hong Pham. Players flipped their cards for the race, with Sharda at risk.
Ravi Sharda: ![]()
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Hong Pham: ![]()
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The board came ![]()
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and Pham's pocket sixes held. Sharda was eliminated in 20th place and takes £4,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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3,200,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
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Busted | |
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